Mental health

FARMINGTON – Since the coronavirus-induced state closures in early March, practitioners in San Juan County – already working to expand mental health services – have seen an uptick in anxiety and...

Tanaya Winder, an award-winning poet raised on the Southern Ute reservation, offered ways to nurture self-love in turbulent times during a new podcast by the American Indian Graduate Center. The...

Three suicides were reported this week in La Plata County, Coroner Jann Smith said. On Wednesday night, authorities responded to an apartment complex on Florida Road for a 16-year-old Durango boy...

A 37-year-old La Plata County man was found dead Monday south of Durango from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Smith said authorities were called to...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every facet of daily life, and no more so than for families who have had to adapt to life without the regular routines of school, sports and other...

A 69-year-old Durango native was found dead Tuesday night near Rotary Park. Francisco Lopez appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities. Durango Police...

As public schools and colleges move to remote learning to minimize the spread of the novel coronavirus, students and counselors are faced with a new challenge: How do students access school-based...

It has been more than two weeks since Gov. Jared Polis announced the first COVID-19 case in Colorado, and nearly two months since Washington state reported its first case. If time since then has...

Communities in the Pine River Valley – from Vallecito to Ignacio – have a host of happenings this month, including a junior rodeo, events around Women’s History Month and several food-centric...

Parents gathered last week at a Bayfield High School Conversation Cafe to learn how to spot signs of depression in their teenage kids – and how to reach out with success. In Colorado and around the...

Axis Health System CEO Bern Heath will retire in January after leading the organization for almost 20 years and growing services to reach thousands of residents. The Axis board selected Chief...